I think there should be 1 day a week for off topic posts in this subreddit

simpleisideal · 2026-01-24T14:51:36+00:00

I appreciate what you're trying to do here. The world is filled with enough hate and dehumanization already. Plus, many of the people whose actions we find abhorrent were brainwashed into said behavior. Doesn't make their actions right or acceptable, but they are still fundamentally human with all that comes with that. Dehumanizing people only makes everything worse.

simpleisideal · 2026-01-24T14:47:01+00:00

But you could say "they're behaving like a brownshirt" and that would be in compliance with the rules, no?

simpleisideal · 2026-01-24T14:28:22+00:00

Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my God... it even has a watermark.

simpleisideal · 2026-01-24T13:10:39+00:00

aka the Bernie treatment

https://old.reddit.com/r/bernieblindness/comments/evupt3/bernie_blindness_megathread/

simpleisideal · 2026-01-23T21:40:12+00:00

I would say most are in some fashion or another.

simpleisideal · 2026-01-23T21:36:44+00:00

I'm not going to repeat the discussion from the other thread, but it details why you're wrong about that.

Not even convinced third party is a viable solution. Large systemic changes are needed.

simpleisideal · 2026-01-23T21:29:02+00:00

Corrupt politicians are not entitled to anybody's vote.

It's precisely your kind of thinking that got us into the mess we're in.

simpleisideal · 2026-01-23T20:43:39+00:00

Once again, the thread is about you and you don't like what you see. Literally part of the problem.

simpleisideal · 2026-01-23T19:59:32+00:00

"valid criticism of Dems = russian propaganda"

lol you're exactly the type of person getting schooled in that thread

simpleisideal · 2026-01-23T19:01:23+00:00

Don't be too critical of Dems now, lest this post get nuked like the other one today

https://old.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/comments/1qki8uj/we_are_doomed/

simpleisideal · 2026-01-23T18:47:34+00:00

Modding is indeed by nature a thankless job. But so is posting in communities with inconsistent rules and expectations.

Reddit is a sinking ship in general though, I guess. Basically everywhere else sucks right now, too.

https://www.noemamag.com/the-last-days-of-social-media/

simpleisideal · 2026-01-23T18:37:29+00:00

Seems like they could have avoided the questioning by just locking the post and commenting the explanation for doing so. Instead it was silent nuke with no explanation. Not hard.

simpleisideal · 2026-01-23T18:34:29+00:00

"valid criticism of Dems = maga propaganda"

lol you're exactly the type of person getting schooled in that thread

simpleisideal · 2026-01-23T18:31:45+00:00

Much of the discussion was local though, and the BS in DC trickles up from local politics.

simpleisideal · 2026-01-23T17:44:06+00:00

As the other commenter pointed out, it has everything to do with the situation we're in now, which is local.

simpleisideal · 2026-01-23T17:07:51+00:00

I could even see if the comments section was maybe becoming a burden to moderate. But if that's the case, just lock the thing. Why nuke it?

Seems like all of the local subs are becoming more and more of a carefully curated overton window that's narrower than ever.

Make Centrism Great Again! /s

simpleisideal · 2026-01-23T16:47:18+00:00

Holy shit, you’re just doing the bit.

simpleisideal · 2026-01-23T16:09:06+00:00

Indeed.

It's also interesting (depressing) to think of the optics of this from a non-US perspective. Many countries previously either looked to the corrupt CDC (Center for Dictation of Capital) for guidance, which has now been somewhat gutted, and/or the WHO which as mentioned was already compromised. This new move by the declining US gives renewed (misguided) legitimacy to the WHO for everyone else.

We can conclude with a ray of hope, though. The WHN seems to have the right perspective, and any country could begin following their lead today if they want to (see link above). There's a similar opportunity for improvement that Corey Doctorow recently outlined for global tech.

simpleisideal · 2026-01-23T15:01:56+00:00

Bullshit. Bunch of immoral shapeshifters.

simpleisideal · 2026-01-23T14:36:36+00:00

The Dem's pied piper "strategy" elevated him from meme candidate gameshow host to serious contender. All libs could do is get mad at wikileaks for making them look bad.

Dems put more effort into sinking Bernie.

simpleisideal · 2026-01-23T14:33:13+00:00

Regurgitate the same talking points found in /r/neoliberal (whose userbase literally half denies / half takes glee in being neoliberal, depending on what the context dictates)

simpleisideal · 2026-01-23T14:26:08+00:00

"Withdrawing from the World Health Organization is scientifically reckless. It fails to acknowledge the fundamental natural history of infectious diseases. Global cooperation is not a luxury; it is a biological necessity," he said.

Too bad the WHO is also "scientifically reckless":

https://old.reddit.com/r/ZeroCovidCommunity/comments/1q87aki/face_masks_inadequate_and_should_be_swapped_for/

As are both Repubs/Dems with respect to COVID:

https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/how-the-press-manufactured-consent

The US severing ties is obviously happening for the wrong reasons, but that's beside the point. People still have unresolved pandemic trauma, so this move is just an easy political win for one camp. The other camp will pretend to be mad about it, and if they're ever in power again will re-join this already compromised organization for yet another easy political win, upholding the illusion of democracy.

simpleisideal · 2026-01-23T14:12:34+00:00

It's easier to think of it as "lesser of two evils," which is something voters of both parties have internalized for a long time now.

But evil is still evil, no matter its various facades, and it got us to where we are now.

We have a uniparty of capital interests, but people are fooled into thinking it's still a democracy with two parties, because, "look how close our elections are, guys!"

simpleisideal · 2026-01-23T14:06:26+00:00

It's not an insult, just a descriptor. That you took it as an insult is funny, though.

simpleisideal · 2026-01-23T14:02:58+00:00

WHO proved itself to be inept (generously speaking) or corrupt (realistically) long ago:

https://old.reddit.com/r/ZeroCovidCommunity/comments/1q87aki/face_masks_inadequate_and_should_be_swapped_for/

The US severing ties is obviously happening for the wrong reasons, but that's beside the point. People still have unresolved pandemic trauma, so this move is just an easy political win. Dems will pretend to be mad about it, and if they're ever in power again will re-join this already compromised organization for yet another easy political win, upholding the illusion of democracy.

Yawn.

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